My tragic loss - Page 1

I am devastated by the loss of my young 10 month old female Echo.  She was the daugther of my dog Dante whom I lost in November.  She was an escape artist and could get out of anything.  I thought I had fixed the problem and made it so she could not get out.  I had concrete blocks to prevent digging but she was tenaious and moved them.  She had dug out of her kennel Wed. evening and was hit by a car.  I was not home at the time.   I saw her come walking up to me hunched over so I rushed her to the ER vet an hour away from me.  There they did xrays to find out she had severe internal injuries (diaphragmatic hernia).  Her organs were so far pushed in her chest wall they said she may not even make it past surgery.  Her lungs were injured and she couldn't breath.  I ended her suffering, but not mine.  I am beyond guilt and the pain is so overwhelming I can barely function at work. She was such a nice dog just wanted her freedom.  She was everything I wanted in a dog and showed such great qualities.  How do you get over a loss of such a young life ready for zest.  She was so important to me and now she's gone.  I can barely cope right now.   Thanks for listening to me,  no one at work seems to understand my grief..

Karmen

My heart goes out to you. You go ahead and fill the pages here with your grief. We will all listen and understand.

KARMEN..so sorry for your loss...

So Sorry to hear about you loss. It is never easy losing a four-legged child. There are no words that I can say that will take away the pain or guilt. Try to remember all the good times and luaghs you had  Hold on to them dearly and never forget her. May God Bless you  EK

I'm so very sorry.  Godspeed Echo

So very sorry. I lost my boy on Wednesday as well. Yellow Rose of Texas lost one this week also. Not a happy week in the GSD world.

I like you am crushed and...I don't know how to explain it. No one at home understands the feelings you go through. Even my own boyfriend who is a dog person and trainer, can't understand my grief for the worthless pet GSD I lost. He had no value breeding wise or on the training field, he was a weak dog, no drive, but he was special to me in sooo may ways. I could trust him, take him anywhere and I did often.

So many people don't want to grieve for a dog! Friends and co-workers are not who you need to surround yourself with. Unless they are true dog people or have been through such a lose themselves, they just won't/can't understand.

You go ahead and do as 1doggie2 says, fill this thread with your thoughts and grief. There are many here who understand. Maybe you can build a memorial for your dog as I did for mine. Do whatever you need to do, whatever is best for you and your situation.

Again I am sorry, must be so hard losing her father and then her, your link to him.

Karmen,

You had a FREE SPIRIT (ESCAPE ARTIST), who was one heck of a SMART DOG! Do not beat yourself up. It could happen to any one of us.

GOD SPEED!

Dawn Bonome

Karmen,

I am sooooooooooooo sorry to hear about Echo!!!   What an awful thing to happen and

so soon after Dante!   Don't beat yourself up,  it was not your fault.

If you need an ear feel free to call!

Heather

Karmen, my heart goes out to you. 

Many moons ago my husband was playing with our 9 month old (first) GSD, we lived on a very quiet street with a cliff across the street.  Hubby threw a stick up on the hill and she went after it. A car (speeding neighbor) was coming and he told her to stay.  She dug in but rolled...right into the street in front of the car and was killed instantly.  My husband's grief was overwhelming, he pounded on the shower wall and ,crying kept saying, "All she wanted to do was please me and I killed her".  There was nothing I could do to comfort him and of course, I was also grieving, very sad time in our lives.  Fact is, yes, in hind sight he shouldn't have thrown the stick across the street, but he wasn't planning on anyone speeding at 8:30 at night  in the burbs.  He's actually never gotten over it 25 years later.  When Link died he had been playing ball with him when he stroked or whatever it was that happened (we will never know).  He blamed himself and said now Clementine wasn't the only dog he killed.

I didn't mean to ramble about my situation but just wanted you to know there are many others with guilt about tragedy but the truth is there was nothing you could do beyond looking into the future.  You didn't do anything on purpose to deserve blame and you did what you thought was the best to keep her in.  It's a hard thing to have to go through and I wish you the best.

Cindi

So sorry Karmen, very sad.....